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weather we are having ( i t is ten degrees below zero) but I must nobly refrain
and go back to the time before the snowflakes came. When we returned in
the f a l l , we were very much depleted i n number but not in spirit. I n addition
tot the five splendid seniors who l e f t us in the spring, three others were unable
to r e t u r n : Thelma Brumfield because o f illness, H e d w i g Boyer and Esther
Ely, both of whom accepted positions. I t isn't really the truth to say our
seniors left us because two of them are with us again, H i l d a Greenawalt as
the w i f e of an instructor in veterinary and Betty Neely as gymnasium instruc-
tor. Betty is also chaperoning a freshman house. We are indeed fortunate
this year in having as our chaperon Anne Morrow, one of our '17 girls who is
very charming. This plan of having an alumna is heartily indorsed by Epsi-
lon. We are not, however, the only house on the H i l l w i t h an A O P chaperon.
Delta Delta Delta has Cecilia Bates f r o m Theta Chapter and we have already
claimed her as our own.

O f course, the b i g event of the f a l l was rushing, which was even more
hectic and j o y f u l than ever before. Fortune favored us f r o m the outset by
sending Helen X . H e n r y to be with us the first few days. D u r i n g her short
visit, we have come to know her and to love her as the other chapters do, who
have had the privilege before. We have had a very successful rushing season,
with such an auspicious beginning and we are indeed glad to introduce to you
our thirteen newest A O P's. We are really very proud of them. Rushing
this year was even harder than in previous years. There were three weeks of
intensive rushing with engagements every day during the first week. We had
two very successful parties and several dinner engagements, which were an
entirely new addition to the rushing program.

Speaking of dinner, I had almost forgotten to tell you of our wonderful
new dining-room, of which we are inordinately proud. T o you who are accus-
tomed to eating in your own house, i t may seem prosaic, but to us it is
unalloyed bliss not to have to stand in line for hours f o r our meals.

Many and varied have been the events which in the past few months have
kept us busy socially: parties, pledge day, teas and dances. We celebrated
Founders' Day by g i v i n g a tea to our alumna: and freshmen so that they
might become better acquainted. On Saturday before our Christmas vacation,
we gave a party to the children at the Social Service House at the Inlet. We
had about seventy-five children and we enjoyed the party as much i f not more
than they. We needed all our girls to keep peace among the boys and to see
that they all had at least one and not more than five ice cream cones. The
pledges came to stay all night with us, as our Christmas party was to be the
next m o r n i n g and they wanted to be there when Santa Claus came. The
House was decorated f o r Christmas and we had a lovely Christmas tree, small
but very select. That we really never grow up in heart, was certainly evi-
denced the next morning by the interest displayed i n opening the stockings.
Then Santa Claus came in and in his pack was a ten-cent present with an
appropriate verse f o r everyone. We certainly do love our Christmas parties.

Epsilon has been busy in college affairs this f a l l . Three of the members
of the junior basketball team, which is also the champion team, are A 0 P's
and we are also represented on the others. I n hockey, which is the other fall
sport we have able representations. I can't stop to tell you about all the
activities but I feel i t incumbent upon me to tell that M a r y Donlon, who was
chapter editor last year, is president of the student government, the highest
honor that can be conferred and is also the editor-in-chief of the Law Quar-
terly. Betty Pratt is president of the sophomore class. I n dramatics, too, we
have not been idle.